Generational Stamping on Christmas Card

Inspired by Heather Telford's Tannenbaum Forest Video I made these card layers using Canson 140 lb watercolor paper. A great big thanks to Heather for sharing this very fun and easy tutorial! 

Since I do not have the Penny Black Tannenbaum Trio set, I used an Inkadinkado wood mounted stamp labeled #96683. It has two pine trees. Also used a smaller wood mounted pine tree stamp that was not labeled. As Heather suggests, I inked my stamp with mowed lawn, then added some peeled paint then a little chipped sapphire on the edges.  The inked stamp is spritzed before stamping. Then two more impressions are made with that stamp without adding more ink! The spritzing allows a lighter and then again another lighter image! The lighter trees look farther off in the distance.

I used a distress vintage photo marker to add brown to the trunk of my small tree. Heather used a gathered twig brown distress marker. This is done before the first impression is made. My larger trees did not have tree trunks. 

My stamp is smaller than the Penny Black Tannenbaum Trio, so I just kept at this process till I felt I had enough trees. I followed Heather's instruction to change the color order to peeled paint, then mowed lawn, then chipped sapphire after a couple of rounds of stamping. I think she did that for her  second round of three impressions. Please refer to Heather's video for all the details on her wonderful method of generational stamping!

Heather recommends using Yellow Frog tape. I wish I had that because the blue painters tape ripped my paper when removing it. Before using it, I stuck the tape piece to my hand a few times to try to remove some of the "stickiness".  

I planned my layers to be 4 x 5-1/4 inches. But I made a mistake when cutting. Then I had to trim the rips from the blue tape removal. So I have some odd sized layers.

I used a heat tool to dry the paper before the first strip of tape was removed. Added a circle mask cut from a sticky note. Used a blending brush to add distress faded jeans to the top edge and around the circle and to the edge of the tape to get "snow hills". Once the first hill was "created", removed the tape and reapplied it for more "snow hills".

Below you can see some of my finished cards. I used a dark green card base, 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inch size.

Then I experimented using Michael Strong's cloisonné Christmas tree, adding the distress mowed lawn, peeled paint and chipped sapphire, spritzing  and stamping. I only did the one impression with that stamp. Then I switched to the Inkadinkado two tree stamp used above and continued with Heather's generational stamping technique.

Heather's generational stamping technique was very fun and easy! I hope you give it a try!

Happy Stamping! Peace and all good!

Stampfest with Lynette October 16, 2019

Lynette and I had a great time stamping last Wednesday. We started by looking at ideas Lynette had pinned on Pinterest. The mountain scene card was not one of her pins. We were in search of Heather Telford's Lilac card and ran across her Lake Wanaka mountain scene card! It looked so dreamy and beautiful we wanted to play with that idea.

We used a pencil to draw the basic lines of the mountains. Then we decided to use inks and a water brush to "paint" them. We smooshed distress inks onto an acrylic block and picked up the color with a water brush. We used the distress ink colors Heather listed: faded jeans, stormy sky, weathered wood, frayed burlap, rusty hinge wild honey, tea dye, vintage photo, early espresso and forest moss.

Lynette used markers to color a tree from a Stampin' Up set called Artistically Asian.

I tried to paint in the tree and shrubs. I found the distress forest moss to be too dark, so I used peeled paint on the shrubs.

For our flower card we used a stamp set called Blossoms Abound from Stampin' Up.

Lynette found a Pinterest Pin showing a Lilac card made by Heather Telford. However the link went to a page that had many cards made by various people. Not helpful when looking for details about a specific card. After some web searching, we found the actual blog post for Heather Telford's Lilac card. Since we did not have the ink colors that matched Heather's beautiful lilacs, we substituted Stampin' Up's lavender lace and distress wilted violet for the 2 step flower stamps in the Blossoms Abound stamp set. We used Stampin' Up mellow moss and  old olive for the leaves.

We had fun trying to make a wreath card after seeing Karen Day's card here.
We made many samples and ended up using a 1-1/2 inch circle mask in the center. However we did not like the very defined circle look. So, we started with the mask but then removed it to get some stamped images into the circle area.

We used leaves stamps from Altenew's Wildflower Garden,  Judith stamps, Stampin' Up Yay You and an old foam SU set from 1996 that had a pumpkin in it.
Ink colors:
SU old olive, mellow moss, and close to cocoa
distress crushed olive, aged mahogany, fossilized amber,

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Hope you make today a special one!

Backgrounds Stampfest

Yesterday Lynette and I spent the day stamping.
We found several ideas online and made several cards.

These wood grain background cards were inspired by  Karen Dunbrook's Snippets blog.
You can always click on images to see a larger version.

We inked the top (logo side) of the wood design embossing folders with antique linen distress ink.

Spritzed it with a fine mist of water, then placed paper on top, pressing it down by hand

smoothing the entire surface with our fingers.

 To stamp the floral images, we misted the stamps with water first.

Then colored directly onto the stamps with a brown Staedtler watercolor crayon.

 Some images were stamped 2 or 3 times without reapplying color for lighter imprints.

The sentiments were stamped with distress walnut stain

using Hero Arts Real Dill and Stampin' Up!'s Golden Silhouettes.

Stamps: Stampin' Up!, Hero Arts Real Dill, Stampendous, Verses

Embossing folders:  Sizzix Woodgrain and Wood Planks

Inspired by Karen Dunbrook's Snippets 

we used a combo of  mowed lawn and peacock feathers distress ink for this background.

Applied the ink directly to an acrylic block, spirtzed with water

then pressed onto 4 x 5.25 inch piece of cardstock. 

I found that I could "stamp" multiple times to add more and more color to the paper.

Above is Lynette's sympathy card.

 

Here's a different Embossing Folder Stamping technique we learned from Sandra's blog. 

Inked Stampin' Up!'s French script stamp with peacock feathers distress ink, 

stamped directly on the top/logo side of the embossing folder, 

added the paper and ran it through the Cuttlebug.

Distress inks work well with this because they stay wet a fairly long time.

Lynette and I made these Easel cards inspired by Hetty Sanders' Z-fold design.

Embossing folder-Stylized Flowers

Stamps-Stampin' Up! Michael Strong

Inks-Distress peacock feathers, mowed lawn, pickled raspberry

Versafine onyx black 

Lynette made hers into a Confirmation card for her granddaughter.

Using Sandra's Embossing Folder Stamping technique again

Lynette inked Judikins musical notes background stamp with tea dye distress ink, 

stamped directly on the top/logo side of the Birds & Swirls embossing folder, 

added the paper and ran it through the Cuttlebug.

Then Lynette sponged the...

birds with tumbled glass then broken china.

leaves in shabby shutters then peeled paint

and sponged tea dye in the other areas.

 (Note: added updated ink info April 21)

Here's Lynette's finished Easel Card.

Below is mine.

I used walnut stain distress ink by mistake (instead of the lighter tea dye) 

when stamping the musical notes on the embossing folder.

I didn't want it to be that dark, so I set it aside until today when I sponged with 

broken china, mowed lawn, spun sugar and edge sponged with frayed burlap. 

I added a bottom layer on the easel card using part of Birds and Branches embossing folder by Sizzix.

Used a Hero Arts sentiment stamp.

Inspired by Heather Telford's Watercolor technique we used Lynette's Angora watercolors, 

brushing on color in layers as shown. 

Lynette found that she could control the color with paper towels removing color here and there.

I kept adding watercolor to my papers, then held the paper up to create drip lines.

Stamps: Michael Strong, Stampin' Up!, Tim Holtz, Stampendous.

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Stampfest with Lynette Oct. 22, 2014

 Lynette and I enjoyed a day of stamping last Wednesday.

 We thoroughly enjoyed working with the Bister from my friend Heidi at The Reluctant Blogger.
We made some Pin-inspired cards too.

Below are some close-ups.You can always click on an image to see a larger view.

Lynette started this card with a bister layer, adding 3 Michael Strong's Cloisonne Leaves
stamped with

Brilliance Pearlescent Purple
Distress Walnut Stain
and Distress Seedless Preserves.
Coordinating fibers were added.

This card was inspired by Krystie Lee's Clean and Simple Cards blog.
In two places we stamped a rectangular shadow stamp, inking just the edges to create a "soft frame".
Stamps:
Dimensions Clear-on-Clear Dawn Houser
Hero Arts rectangular shadow stamp
Stampin' Up! Nature Walk
Inks:
Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou
Color Box Yellow Ochre chalk ink

Our pumpkin card was inspired by Lisa Johnson's Poppy Paperie post.
Lynette stamped repeatedly with a harlequin stamp on a cream strip, 2' wide by 5-1/2" long.
We punched three 1-1/2" wide circles in it.
Then we stamped the pumpkins on a layer behind it.
We made pencil dots on 4 places on each circle to guide the stamping of the pumpkins.
With a Peeled Paint Distress marker, we drew the pumpkin stem and curlicue.
Stamps:
Hero Arts Harlequin Border C3192
Stampin' Up! Little Layers II for the middle pumpkin
I am not sure of the name of Lynette's pumpkin stamp-1st and 3rd image.
Inks:
Stampin' Up! Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie

This design was inspired by Heather Telford's Autumn Reflections post.
We stamped the trees in brown on the paper.
Then we stamped the trees in brown on an acrylic block and pressed that below the trees for the reflection.
Inking the tree stamp in orange, we stamped the trees again, between the brown trees.
Using a post it masks, we sponged brown distress ink at the center.
From the edge of card to the center, we sponged Distress Inks-
Stormy Sky, scattered Straw and Dried Marigold.

And here is a special treat...Lynette's amazing 7 Gypsies Printers Tray all ready for Halloween!
Her little Owl Friend has many Halloween Costumes!

Here we are with our cards at the end of the day.